Yinarupa Nangala

Nangala began to paint in 1996, when her children were older. In the late 2000’s, she began to be recognised for her classic Pintupi painting style.[7]

In 2009, Nangala won the Telstra General Painting Award at the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Awards held in The Northern Territory.[8][9]  In 2008, 2014, 2015 and 2016 she was a finalist in the same award.[7]

In 2010 she received an honourable mention at the 36th Alice Art Prize. In 2014 she was a finalist in the Wynne Prize at the Art Gallery of NSW.[10]

Yinarupa has held solo as well as group exhibitions. Her works are held in major art collections including the Art Gallery of NSW,[5] Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, and the National Gallery of Victoria.[6]

Nangala paints her traditional land, specifically areas that are important to the Pintupi women and their ceremonies. Many of the sacred designs are related to the rock-hole site of Mukula (near Juniper Well in Western Australia) and the rock-hole site of Marrapinti (west of the Pollock Hills in Western Australia). Her designs are also associated with the women gathering bushfoods such as the kampurarrpa berries (desert raisin, Solanum centrale)[11] and pura (bush tomato, Solanum chippendalei).[12]  The ‘U’ shapes in the paintings represent the women while the circles represent the berries.[13]

Nangala is the daughter of the late Anatjari Tjampitjinpa, founding member of the Papunya Tula art movement.[10] Her late husband was Yala Yala Gibbs Tjungurrayi, also a Papunya Tula artist.[14]

• Williams, Jessica; Williams, Jessica; Livesey, Scott; Scott Livesey Galleries (2007), Aboriginal art 2007, Scott Livesey Galleries, ISBN 978-0-9756873-6-9
• Nangala, Yinarupa; Kachel, Nicholas; John Gordon Gallery (Coffs Harbour, N.S.W.) (host institution.) (2007), Yinarupa Nangala : paintings from 2002-2007, John Gordon Gallery, retrieved 19 August 2020

• NGV: Kanaputa 2010 (with several other Pintupi artists)
• Papunyatula artists